Every year in the U.S., people die after police fire gunshots, tase and restrain them, or accidentally crash into their cars during pursuits. But try to figure out how many police killings occur annually,...

There were days, nights and weekends in the early months of the pandemic when Denise Von Bargen was the only person running covid tests at the public health lab in Ventura County. She once had eight or...

For parents living in poverty, “diaper math” is a familiar and distressingly pressing daily calculation. Babies in the U.S. go through six to 10 disposable diapers a day, at an average cost...

How much space we need to feel comfortable when interacting with others may be increasing as a result of the pandemic. Are the changes permanent? What to know: Using the “stop distance procedure,”...

In April, the Journal of Hospital Medicine retracted an article entitled “Tribalism: The Good, The Bad, and The Future” (by Zahir Kanjee and Leslie Bilello of Harvard Medical School). The article,...

A self-administered Pap test may be a lifesaver for women in countries where there’s no alternative, but it’s a rarity in wealthy countries such as the United States. Unless you’re Black,...

The number of American children who identify as a gender other than male or female appears to be increasing, a new study in the journal Pediatrics reports. In 2017, a CDC survey asked high school students...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new portable, low-cost rapid magnetofluidic platform delivers a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for gonorrhea and simultaneously detects ciprofloxacin resistance,...

Cheri Williams looks back with regret at the start of her career as a child welfare caseworker in 1998. Systemic racism is a major reason why. “I removed probably about 100 kids from their homes...

(Reuters Health) – Studies and clinical trials funded by the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) generally enroll youth from a variety of racial and ethnic groups at proportions at or above...